1882 - 1959
William Frederick "Bull" Halsey Jr. (October 30, 1882 – August 16, 1959) was an American Navy admiral during World War II. He is one of four officers to have attained the rank of five-star fleet admiral of the United States Navy, the others being William Leahy, Ernest King, and Chester W. Nimitz. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Halsey graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1904. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Halsey Jr. has received more than 2,463,481 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. William Halsey Jr. is the 691st most popular military personnel (up from 752nd in 2019), the 2,082nd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,354th in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, William Halsey Jr. ranks 691 out of 1,468. Before him are P. G. T. Beauregard, Oswald Boelcke, Walther Nehring, Adolf Heusinger, Markian Popov, and Vasily Petrov. After him are Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, Kurt von Tippelskirch, Abner Doubleday, Roger of Lauria, Max Immelmann, and Won Gyun.
1818 - 1893
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 685
1891 - 1916
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 686
1892 - 1983
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 687
1897 - 1982
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 688
1902 - 1969
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 689
1917 - 2014
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 690
1882 - 1959
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 691
1759 - 1830
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 692
1891 - 1957
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 693
1819 - 1893
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 694
1245 - 1305
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 695
1890 - 1916
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 696
1540 - 1597
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 697
Among people born in 1882, William Halsey Jr. ranks 81. Before him are Germaine Dulac, Leo Perutz, Joaquín Turina, Korney Chukovsky, Yoshijirō Umezu, and John Barrymore. After him are Ernst von Weizsäcker, Florian Znaniecki, Eugène Joseph Delporte, David Burliuk, Ladislas Starevich, and Artur Schnabel. Among people deceased in 1959, William Halsey Jr. ranks 44. Before him are Carlos Saavedra Lamas, D. F. Malan, Ichirō Hatoyama, Sisavang Vong, Edmond Debeaumarché, and Jean Behra. After him are Ethel Barrymore, Zhang Jinghui, Barthélemy Boganda, Grock, Aleksandar Tsankov, and Victor McLaglen.
1882 - 1942
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 75
1882 - 1957
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 76
1882 - 1949
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 77
1882 - 1969
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 78
1882 - 1949
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 79
1882 - 1942
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 80
1882 - 1959
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 81
1882 - 1951
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 82
1882 - 1958
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 83
1882 - 1955
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 84
1882 - 1967
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 85
1882 - 1965
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 86
1882 - 1951
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 87
1878 - 1959
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 38
1874 - 1959
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 39
1883 - 1959
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 40
1885 - 1959
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 41
1906 - 1959
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 42
1921 - 1959
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 43
1882 - 1959
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 44
1879 - 1959
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 45
1871 - 1959
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 46
1910 - 1959
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 47
1880 - 1959
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 48
1879 - 1959
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 49
1886 - 1959
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 50
Among people born in United States, William Halsey Jr. ranks 2,082 out of 18,182. Before him are Teri Hatcher (1964), Candice Bergen (1946), Tanya Roberts (1955), Harpo Marx (1888), John Derek (1926), and Lewis Hine (1874). After him are Agnes Smedley (1892), Curtis LeMay (1906), Mary McDonnell (1952), Asher Brown Durand (1796), John Young (1930), and John Bates Clark (1847).
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 2,076
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 2,077
1955 - 2021
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 2,078
1888 - 1964
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 2,079
1926 - 1998
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 2,080
1874 - 1940
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 2,081
1882 - 1959
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 2,082
1892 - 1950
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 2,083
1906 - 1990
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 2,084
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 2,085
1796 - 1886
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 2,086
1930 - 2018
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 2,087
1847 - 1938
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 2,088
Among military personnels born in United States, William Halsey Jr. ranks 31. Before him are Wild Bill Hickok (1837), Matthew Ridgway (1895), Chris Kyle (1974), Mark W. Clark (1896), Charles Sweeney (1919), and P. G. T. Beauregard (1818). After him are Abner Doubleday (1819), Frank Jack Fletcher (1885), Paul Revere (1735), Doc Holliday (1851), James Bowie (1796), and Henry H. Arnold (1886).
1837 - 1876
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 25
1895 - 1993
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 26
1974 - 2013
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 27
1896 - 1984
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 28
1919 - 2004
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 29
1818 - 1893
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 30
1882 - 1959
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 31
1819 - 1893
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 32
1885 - 1973
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 33
1735 - 1818
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 34
1851 - 1887
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 35
1796 - 1836
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 36
1886 - 1950
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 37